Words that rhyme with pithos

n 1: triteness or triviality of style 2: insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness, bathos] 3: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn: anticlimax, bathos]

n 1: a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones [syn: benthos, benthic division, benthonic zone] 2: organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea

n 1: (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

n 1: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" [syn: pathos, poignancy] 2: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn: commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos] 3: a style that has the power to evoke feelings

n 1: wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus Bos]

n 1: a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn: Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]

n 1: a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing [syn: Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement]

n 1: an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century [syn: Athos, Mount Athos]